Memo pad attachment for telephone



Aug. 16, 1966 A. R. HUFF 3,266,819

MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE Filed Nov. 25, 1964 5 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR.

ALICE R. HUFF 49.? BY 2 z W 5434/, fi #DM A. R. HUFF MEMO PAD ATTACHMENTFOR TELEPHONE Aug. 16, 1966 5 SheetsSheet 2 Filed NOV. 23, 1964 ulimINVENTOR. ALICE R. HUFF A r TORNE rs Aug. 16, 1966 A. R. HUFF MEMO PADATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed NOV. 23, 1964 A TTOR/VEYS United States Patent Ce 3,266,819 MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FORTELEPHONE Alice R. Huff, 244 D St., Chula Vista, Calif. Filed Nov. 23,1964. Ser. No. 412,906 4 Claims. (Cl. 281-15) The present inventionrelates to a stand which is adapted to be connected'to a telephone landwhich is adapted to carry a pad of paper or a pencil or both.

In one form of the invention, the stand is provided with a platformhaving an area for receiving a telephone instrument and an area forreceiving a pad of paper, together with resilient means for attachingthe stand to the instrument, whereby when the stand is lifted, the standwih the pad thereon is attached thereto and movable therewith.

More specifically, a shoe is or shoes are movlably carried by the standand a spring urges the shoe or shoes against the base of the instrument.Preferably the two shoes are carried by a carriage, and this carriage ismovable relative to the stand; an opening is provided in the platformand part of the carriage is disposed below the platform; likewise thespring is disposed below the platform and engages the carriage part forforcing the shoes against the base of the telephone.

In another embodiment of the invention, the stand is not provided withan (area for receiving a telephone, but is provided with a section whichis adapted to be frictionally attached to a wall type telephone.

In both embodiments, the stand is provided with a depressed portionwhich receives a spring and this spring normally urges a lever into padholding position.

Other features and the advantages of the present invention will beapparent from the following description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention isillustrated.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the improved stand;

FIG. 2 is a view of the left side of the stand, looking in the directionof arrows 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectionlal view taken along line 33 of FIG. 1 and showing astandard telephone instrument, in phantom, on the stand;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the stand looking in the direction of 44 ofFIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG, 1 but showing the stand in the form forsupporting a Princess type telephone;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 5, and showingla Princess type telephone instrument, in phantom;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a stand for a wall type telephone; and

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the stand shown in FIG. 7 and alsoshowing a wall type telephone instrument, in phantom.

Referring more in detail to the drawings and particularly to FIGS. 1 to4, inclusive, the stand 20 includes a platform 22 preferably formed ofplastic and having a section forming an area 24 for supporting astandard type telephone instrument. A liarge central opening 26 isformed in this section to reduce the weight of the stand. The stand alsoincludes an integral section 28 forming an area for supporting a pad ofpaper 30. The standard type telephone instrument is shown in phantom at31 in FIG. 3. A rear wall 32, a right side wall 34, a left side wall 36and two front walls 38 and 40 extend upwardly from the platform aboutthe telephone instrument supporting area 24. The rear wall 32 isprovided with a slot 42 for receiving the wires for the instrument. Theplatform area 24 is depressed to form four sockets 44 for receiving thefeet 45 on the standard type telephone instrument.

3,266,819 Patented August 16, 1966 Right side wall 46 and left side wallextend upwardly from the platform area section 28 and the rear endthereof are arcuately shaped as shown at 50 and 52 land merge with thefront walls 40. The arcked portion 52 is provided with a slot 54 forreceiving wires of the instrument. The front end of the platform areasection 28 is depressed as shown at 56 for receiving a coil spring 58.The platform \area section 28 is provided with two openings 60 and 62adjacent the rear of that section. The bottom of the platform below thesection 28 is provided with a downwardly extending boss 64.

A carriage 66 iscarried by the platform 22 rearwardly of the pad 30.This carriage is provided with two shoes orthrust members 68 and 70which are biased rearwardly i.e., to the left as viewed in FIGS. 1 and3, against the base 72 of the telephone instrument 31. The carriage hastwo parts, 74 and 76 which extend through the openings 60 and 62 in theplatform and these parts are engaged by the legs 78 and 80 of a leafspring 82. This leaf spring, at the center thereof, is provided with anarcuately shaped portion 84 which is in abutting relationship with theboss 64. These leaf spring legs urge the shoes 74 and 76 rearward- 1y.The pressure exerted by the leaf spring on the shoes and against thebase 72 of the instrument 31 is of such value that when the telephoneinstrument is raised, the stand is raised with it. As is more clearlyshown in FIG. 1, the stand is provided with walls 86 and 88 which extendrearwardly, respectively, from the walls 38 and 40 and these walls 86and 88 provide guides for the carriage 66. The wall 88 is provided withslot 90 in alignment with the slot 54 for receiving the instrumentwires.

The front end of the platform 22 is provided with upwardly extendingears 92 for receiving pivot pins 94. A lever 96 is provided withdownwardly extending ears 98 which are pivotally mounted on the pins 94.This lever extends rearwardly and is provided with a downwardlyextending portion 100 which lies above the front of the area section 28and in abutting relationship with the top side of the pad 30 for holdingthe pad in position. One end 102 of the spring 58 is in abuttingrelationship with the platform and the other end 104 is in abuttingrelationship with an ear 98 of the lever, above a line horizontallyintersecting the axis of the pins 94 and normally urges the lever 96 inla counterclockwise direction whereby the portion 100 resiliently bearsdownwardly upon the pad 30.

The top of the lever carries a plurality of clips 106 for supporting apencil 108.

Referring now to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, this embodimentincludes a platform 122 forming a telephone instrument supportingsection 124 and a pad supporting section 128. There the walls 132, 134,136, 138 and 140 are in the form of an ellipse for a telephoneinstrument known to the trade as the Princess type. These wallscomplement the base of the Princess type instrument shown in FIG. 6, inphantom, at 131. As is more clearly shown in FIG. 6, these walls 132,134 and 136 extend downwardly below the platform 122 and providesupporting section for the stand, and, walls 146 land 148, together witha front wall 147 extend below the platform section 128 to providesupport 144 for the stand. A large opening 126 is provided in section124 for reducing the weight of the stand.

In this embodiment the rear of the elliptical shaped wall is providedwith a slot 142 for receiving telephone instrument wires and a slot 143for forming a light switch opening. The wall 148 is provided with Iaslot 190 which is aligned with the slot 54 in the curved wall 52 fortelephone instrument wires.

The carriage 166 is the same as that shown at 66 in FIGS. 1 to 4,inclusive, however in this embodiment the shoes or thrust members 168and 170 are curved to complement the curve on the base of the Princesstype telephone instrument.

Referring now to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the stand 220includes the platform 222 in the form of a rear wall having a padsupporting area section 228. The stand also includes a rectangularlyshaped band 229 which is formed by walls 232, 234, 236 and 238. Thisband 229 tightly embraces the recta-ngularly shaped base 272 of la walltype telephone instrument 231. In this embodiment, the Wall 232 isprovided with slots 242 and 254 for receiving wires leading to and fromthe instrument. The stand 220 is also provided with walls 246 and 248similar to the walls 46 and 48 of FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, and isprovided also with a depressed portion like that shown at 56 in FIGS. 1to 4 for supporting the coil spring 58 which cooperates with the lever96. Here aglain the lever 96 carries clips 106 for a pencil 108.

In this embodiment the back wall 222 including the portion 228 slopesrearwardly vertically for more convenient writing upon the pad 30.

The two embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are particularly useful inconneciton with the so called plug in telephone in which the instrumentmay be carried from station to station. By virtue of the presentinvention, as the telephone is moved from one station to the other, thestand, carrying the pad and pencil, are carried with the instrument.

While the forms of embodiment herein shown and described, constitutepreferred forms, it is to be understood that other forms may be adoptedfalling within the scope of the claims that follow.

I claim:

1. In combination:

(A) A stland having a platform, said platform having an opening, andhaving an area for receiving a telephone instrument, and an area forreceiving a pad of P p (B) and resilient melans for attaching the standto the instrument whereby when the instrument is lifted, the

stand with the pad thereon is also lifted, said means includes:

(1) a carriage slidably mounted on said platform,

said carriage including:

(a) a part extending downwardly through the opening in the platform;

(2) and spring means disposed below the platform and engaging saidcarriage part for urging said shoe means against the instrument.

2. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the shoemeans comprises two shoes, horizontally spaced from one another.

3. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that thecombination is for an instrument having a horizontally extending andarcuately shaped base, and further characterized in that said shoes eachhave an arcuate shape complementing the shape of the 'base.

4. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that theplatform includes a downw ardly extending and integrally formed boss,and further characterized in that the spring means (B) (2) consists of aleaf spring having:

(a) a portion at least partly surrounding the boss,

(b) and two legs extending horizontally from said portion and engagingspaced sections of the said part of the carriage.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,789,264 1/1931Revelle 281-15 1,908,840 5/1933 Greist et a1 28115 2,130,920 9/ 1938Faye 28115 2,444,647 7/ 1948 Haveles 28115 2,573,157 10/1951 Miller281-15 X 2,661,961 12/1953 Mohundro 28111 2,805,870 9/1957 Aimes 281-153,166,288 1/1965 Eisenberg 28115 X LAWRENCE CHARLES, Primary Examiner.

1. IN COMBINATION: (A) A STAND HAVING A PLATFORM, SAID PLATFORM HAVINGAN OPENING, AND HAVING AN AREA FOR RECEIVING A TELEPHONE INSTRUMENT, ANDAN AREA FOR RECEIVING A PAD OF PAPER; (B) AND RESILIENT MEANS FORATTACHING THE STAND TO THE INSTRUMENT WHEREBY WHEN THE INSTRUMENT ISLIFTED, THE STAND WITH THE PAD THEREON IS ALSO LIFTER, SAID MEANSINCLUDES: (1) A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM, SAIDCARRIAGE INCLUDING: (A) A PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE OPENINGIN THE PLATFORM; (2) AND SPRING MEANS DISPOSED BELOW THE PLATFORM ANDENGAGING SAID CARRIAGE PART FOR URGING SAID SHOE MEANS AGAINST THEINSTRUMENT.